A Charlie Brown Christmas: Peanuts 70th Anniversary Playlist
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” was the first television special about the true meaning of Christmas. When I was a little girl, I excitedly waited for it to air on television each Christmas Eve. It was one of my favorites because both my grandfather and sister are named Charlie — even today, there is something sweet about hearing the music and watching the special with the iconic performances by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Peanuts, the beloved comic strip created by Charles Schulz. Craft Recordings celebrates this milestone with new playlists and video releases featuring Vince Guaraldi’s original songs, which have helped define the Peanuts experience over the past seven decades. Families planning to celebrate the holidays at home this year will enjoy streaming playlists and new music videos, and to share new collectible editions of the Charlie Brown Christmas album with a new generation.
As part of the anniversary celebration, Craft Recordings also presents a one-time vinyl pressing of A Charlie Brown Christmas featuring a bonus “dancing” lenticular print of the original 1965 album cover with Schulz’s iconic illustration. The LP has been pressed on a range of colors and picture discs for participating retailers.
The soundtrack album, featuring music from the 1965 animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas, includes timeless classics such as “Christmas Time Is Here,” “O Tannenbaum,” and “Linus and Lucy.” The certified 4x Platinum soundtrack album remains the second best-selling jazz title in history, and the animated show continues to be a signature television special every holiday season.
About Vince Guaraldi
A native of San Francisco, Vince Guaraldi became one of America’s most successful jazz artists of the 20th century. Though Guaraldi’s legacy is most famously tied to his association with Peanuts, he was already an established, GRAMMY® Award-winning artist by the time that producer Lee Mendelson tapped him to score the first of many animated specials based on the comic strip by Charles Schulz. In a 2003 interview, excerpted from the biography Vince Guaraldi at the Piano (Derrick Bang; McFarland Books), Mendelson declared, “There was no doubt in my mind that if we hadn’t had that Guaraldi score, we wouldn’t have had the franchise we later enjoyed.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
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A “Peanuts 70th Anniversary Playlist” is available across music streaming service, featuring 70 favorite songs from various television specials and compilations. Find “A Charlie Brown Christmas” online—–>HERE
My favorite song is What child is This
O Tannenbaum
Linus and Lucy is a favorite.
I love Christmastime is Here
O Tannenbaum
I like Christmas time is here.
O tannenbaum is my favorite song from A Charlie BRown Christmas it’s all a lot of fun.
Christmas Time is here
My favorite would be Christmas is Coming
Love them all but going with What Child is This, love the song!
Christmas Time is Here!
Christmas Time is Here vocal.
Christmas time is here. Something about it makes me feel all soft and sentimental.
my favorite song is Christmas time is here, i love christmas and i love charlie brown
I love Christmas Time Is Here!!
I like Christmas Time Is Here the most.
My favorite is What Child Is This?.
The song that I can listen to all year is Linus and Lucy. It always makes me want to do the peanuts dance.
My Favorite Song from the “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Album has to be Linus & Lucy. It reminds me of Snoopy and the Peanuts gang every time I hear it.
Oh Tannenbaum is my favorite Thank you for sharing this cute giveaway
What Child is This is my favorite!
I will have to go with the Christmas song.
The Christmas Song is my favorite!
I like Christmas is coming.
Christmas Time is Here
Greensleeves is my favorite, use to play it on the piano with my brother when we were kids.
I just love the rhythm on the music from the skating-on-the-pond scene.
Christmas is Coming 🙂
my fav what child is this
Christmas Time Is Here (vocal) is my favorite
Christmas time is Here
My Favorite song is “Christmas Time is Here”
My favorite song is ” Christmas Time is Here”
I love Christmas is here. Love this movie. Thanks for the fun giveaway!
my fav is o tannenbau, but its an excellent record in entierty
Christmas Time is Here.
A Christmas Story is my favorite.
Christmas Time is Here
Christmastime is Here
What Child is this.
Linus & Lucy
Christmas Time is Here is my favorite!
I like Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Thank you
Christmastime is here is really nice
I like the Skating song.
Christmas Time Is Here (Vocal) .
Christmastime is Here is my favorite. We watch this every single year. It’s tradition!
Christmas is coming, because I’m a big kid.
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Christmastime is Here is my favorite. We watch this every single year. It’s tradition!
Us also we never miss it,and Christmastime is here is my absolute fave from this awesome animated show.
Christmas Time Is Here
My favorite song from The Charlie Brown Christmas Album is My Little Drum.
Christmas Time is here is my favorite.
I love the song “What Child is This?” Thanks and God Bless! ILuvTheEucharist @ aol dot com
Christmas Time Is Here is definitely my favorite.
My favorite song is “Christmas Is Coming”. I hear it hunred times)
Christmas Time is Here
Fur Elise is my favorite
Greensleeves … I used to be able to play it on piano years ago
Christmas Time Is Here
Love Christmas Time is Here
Christmastime is Here!
favorite is Christmas time is here
What Child Is This
Christmas Time is Here
I like Christmas time is here.
AWW! Christmas Time is Here is one of my favorites.
My favorite song from this album is Greensleeves.
I like Linus and Lucy or Christmas Time is Here- love them both and hard to choose between them.
I love Christmas Time is Here.
It doesn’t feel like Christmas until the Charlie Bown Christmas Album is playing.
My favorite is What Child is This.
Christmas Time is here is a favorite.
Oh i love charlie brown and all the holiday specials
The kids love charlie brown. The songs are a fun way to ring in the season
This was my favorite Christmas special when I was young. My brother and I looked forward to it and enjoyed all the songs.
I grew up watching the Peanuts. This is really nice!
So many great songs! Charlie Brown Christmas has ALWAYS been a favorite of mine from a child to now an adult 🙂